tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376228342011-09-05T12:44:35.602-07:00LisaBeenoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37622834.post-1163638484096942942006-11-15T16:52:00.000-08:002009-08-02T13:03:13.481-07:00Lisa Beerntsen lives and paints in Graton, California. She and her husband, fellow artist Tony Speirs moved to Sonoma County from the East Bay in 2002.<br /><br /> Lisa got her MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1991, and her BFA from California College of Arts & Crafts (now CCA) in 1983. She has exhibited her paintings on both coasts, recently at Arches Gallery in Healdsburg, & previously at HANG & Meridian Galleries in San Francisco.<br /><br /> Lisa has been an adjunct art instructor at the Santa Rosa Junior College for over 10 years, where she teaches classes in color, painting & drawing. She has previously taught courses at the San Francisco Art Institute, California State University, Stanislaus, & the Universities of Maine & Massachusetts.<br /><br /> One of her recent bodies of work is characterized by underlying abstract forms, color, and movement, overlaid with patterns culled from diverse cultures (Islamic, Celtic, Tibetan, American quilters’...), & images of plant and flower forms. Some paintings also include collage, from a variety of sources; many of the recurrent designs are from stamp blocks she carves herself. An avid gardener, she is much inspired by the changing colors & light of nature. She moves easily between different modes of painting, from realistic to abstract. <br /><br />Lisa also recently collaborated with Tony Speirs and the collective of artists 'Art Farm Motel' on several very large scale painting-installation projects for the Burning Man Art Festival.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37622834-116363848409694294?l=lisasbio.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>LisaBeenoreply@blogger.com0